Materials List Hook: SC15 or SS15 1/0 or 2/0 Gamakatsu Thread: 6/0 Tan or Brown Unithread Eyes: Med (1/24 oz) chrome dumbbell Wing: Copper Flasabou Underwing: Copper K-flash Body: Copper crystal chenille Tail: Copper Flashabou

This is the number one redfish fly used by guides in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Capt Randy Hamilton devised it because when the water gets murky the spin fishermen catch a bunch of fish on copper colored Johnson's weedless spoons. This fly puts out a ton of color in the water and just cannot be ignored. Aside from being a great producer for reds, we have used it to catch false albacore when they are in open water and not feeding on anything visibly on the surface. They would come up out of nowhere to blast at it! This fly has also caught striped bass, bluefish, spanish mackerel, speckled trout and just about anything you can think of. It is a great fly.

Tying Instructions as per Capt. Randy

1. After securing the hook in your vise, wrap the thread onto the hook shank.
2. Wrap thread forward and lay the dumbbell eyes onto the shank (Clouser style). Attach dumbbell eye by wrapping thread in figure-8 pattern around the hook shank and eyes). Secure the eyes by wrapping 6 to 8 turns between shank and eyes. Apply a generous amount of your favorite head cement (I don't recommend Zap-A-Gap because it will react with the crystal chenille that will cover the eyes.)
3. Wrap back to the bend of the hook and cut 8 to 10 strands of flashabou about one inch in length. Attach the flashabou for the tail and apply more head cement to your wraps.
4. Tie in a 3 inch strand of copper crystal chenille and wrap the thread to the back of the eyes. Wrap the chenille forward to just behind the eyes. Tie it off. Leave the remaining chenille hanging as we will use it later to wrap over the eyes.
5. You will now need to turn your hook so that the hook point is facing up. Cut 8 to 15 (more is better in my view) strands of copper K-flash 2 1/2 to 3 inches in length. Tie in the K-flash just behind the eyes.
6. Cut 10 to 20 strands (more is flashier and better) of copper flashabou same length as K-flash and tie it in like the K- flash.
7. Wrap your thread ahead to in front of the dumbbell eyes.
8. Pick up the remaining crystal chenille and wrap once or twice behind the eyes and then figure-8 the chenille over the eyes and finish by wrapping once or twice in front of the eyes. Leave yourself enough room to whip finish.
9. Whip finish and apply head cement.